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Hopefully some of my fellow weird radio enthusiasts might be interested in submitting an article, or at least be interested when the issue comes out this Fall.

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It's the first week of the month, which means I get another dose of food pron. This time, there's a feature about having your friends round for "their favourite Sunday joint".

This is not, in itself, amusing. It's quite obvious that it's referring to a joint of meat, rather than some other kind of joint. What had me in stitches was the starter that goes with this joint: Smoked Salmon Hash Cakes.

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Today I'm breathing silence and savoring good coffee. Remembering the fireworks last night and the look of awe on my son's face. Life is good, even if I have a hard time seeing that from the weeds.

Think I like the version on "Portable" better, but this whole album is fantastic!

Current Music: e in a Rowboat to Rio (rerkaizen) - Eddi

Once again life has reaffirmed my belief that things can and do get better. Yesterday, my boss announced that effective Monday he will be transferring to another store. I am happy for him. And yes, there's some selfishness in that, because he and I had personalities that mixed as well as oil and water. I've been listening to the scuttlebut and I would be pleased with any name I've heard mentioned.

Another reason for my ability to "roll with it" is that I've simply decided that my health has to come first, period. I am refusing to allow any person to stress me to the point that my chest hurts, my blood pressure strikes, or the urge to smoke becomes unbearable. No job is worth another heart attack.

In other notes, Kyra has teal green bangs and I will post pics as soon as possible. Jess is well, as is Brandon. Phillip is officially a college student and will be starting classes on July 20. Yayyy!!! We're still looking for a larger place and I am doubtful if I can find one in the kid's preferred school district.

And now I'm off to work. Today is my short day, I only work 6 hours.

Current Mood: chipper

There's an epic thread on slacktivist that's been going in all directions for a week. One particular strand of conversation (now fallen by the wayside) had to do with the expression "losing one's faith", and the problems that ensue when you assume this means the same thing as becoming an atheist.

I can't really remember when I became an atheist. I can only remember that I was reading the Skeptic's Dictionary and realised how much sense the religious parts made: obviously it was something I'd already figured out on my own, because there was no sense of earth-shattering revelation about it.

(It actually reminds me of the Santa thing. At the age of about ten, having not really given it much thought for years, I read some reference in a book to "when you find out Santa is really your parents". "Oh," I thought. "Yeah. That makes sense, doesn't it?")

I still had a lot of fuzzy spirituality going on, and I nearly had my atheist card revoked for defending the right of religious believers to be convinced of their religious truth if it made sense to them, but I was pretty much a proud atheist. And I had a lot of faith in irrational, unprovable, completely non-supernatural things.

I believed that love was a force for good. I believed that, when things get bad, you just have to hang in there; life will give you a chance, and if you take that chance, things will get better. I believed that Scunthorpe United would eventually give me "the victory that makes it all worthwhile".

That was my faith. In the autumn and winter of 2004-05, I lost my faith.

I wonder why it is that I always feel as though I'm always running late on Mondays? Well, off to work I go.

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WECA's Field Day 2009, N2SF/4A/ENY at Harbor Island Park Mamaroneck, NY.

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Heading in to work an hour early because we have a meeting. Happy, happy, joy, joy. I can't wait to hear what new insanity upper management has concoted now. whee Well, I owe so off to work I go.

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